Conveyer for railroad trains



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W B CLUBINE coNvzYER Foa RAILROAD TRAINS Fild March 24. 1925.

W. B. CLUBINE GONVEYER FOR RAILROAD TRAINS Filed April 25, 192.4

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WALfrna B. GLUBINE, 0F rAR-K FALLS, Wisconsin.

CONVEYER FR RAILROAD TRAINS.

Application filed April 25, `1924. Serial No. 708,958.

To all 107mm t may concer/rt:

y Be it known that I,` WALTER B. CLUBINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Park Falls, in the county ot Price and State-` of FVisconsin, have invented a, certaingnew and useful improvement in Conveyers for Railroad Trains, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in conveyers and has for one obj ect to provide a new and improved form of conveyer mechanism which may be associated with railroad cars for the purpose of conveying and handling rails and ties in connection withl track raising and laying. EAnother object is to provide a conveying mechanism winch may be carried on railroad cars so that the cars oil a train may be loaded from the end ot the train without interfering with the arrangement oi' the cars. Other objects willV appear from time to time in the speciiication' and claims. ,f

My invention is illustrated more or less diagrammatically in the accompanying drawings, whereinl i Figure 1 is a plan view with parts omitted;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of a railroad train with my device in` place;

FigureB is a section along'theline of Figure 2; A j l Figure 4 is a detail section on an enlarged scale along the line 4--4 of Figure l;

Figure 5 is a section along the line .5-5`

ot Figure 4L; y

Figln'e 6 1s a detail .1n part section ot the joining ends of two conm-yer rails;

Figure 7 is a top plan view of thefparts shown in Figure 6;

Figure 8 is a bottoni plan VView o'lz the' parts shown in Figure 6. f

Like parts are indicated by likev char- A2. Couplings 'A2 are interposed between the cars.

` B, B1, B2are frame members projecting upwardly from the car, there-being preferably three, one at Ieach end andone atV the center of each car.r These frame members comprise transverse beams B3 and diagonal `stilienin'gmembers B4 and are joined together by the cross members B5 and longitudinal members B2. Suspended from the specilication and -upperportion of each frame member? B, B2,

B2 is a transverse cable .B7 supported at either end by eyelets B8 associated with nuts B2 whereby the tension on each cable B7* may be adjusted. n

C is a pulley adapted to travel on the cable B2. r.ll-his pulleycarries the hanger Cl'up'onwhich is pivoted at either side thereof a triangular frame G2. Rollers C2, C2D are pivoted on each of the triangular frames 2 and these rollers carry and support I- beams C2, the upper flange of which rides on the rollers being held in position by the flanges thereof. There is one such I-beam associated with cach of the frames B, B1, B2. Riveted to these I-beams are the longitudinal -beam tracks C, there being one track .beamA ttor each car extending throughout `of the I-beam and prevent the rollers C2, C2

from running off thetrack and `dropping thev beam. l

interposed between the opposed endsot the tracks C6 'are `short Lbeam `tracks D. Each of these tracks has riveted tothelower side of its lower flange a hinge member Dl from` which projects downwardly a pivot pin D2. The pivot pin passes through a hinge element D: pivoted on a hinge element. Dl -riveted to the lower flange ofthe beam- D.' `There is thus the possibility of pivot movement about-the horizontal pivot pin D5 and about the vertical'pivot pin D2. A nut D6 associated with the'threaded end of the pivot pin. D2 holds the parts together. On

the upper flange" ot' eachtrac-lr' or beam C6 is `bolted or otherwise fastened' a two-part hinge block E, the two parts of which are held together by afbolt E1. Each of these hingebloclr elements has a forwardly pro` jecting element E2 and a horizontal pivot pin E3 projecting from a block E4, 'passes through these `ears E2.` Vertical pivot pins E12project from this same block and engage `the upper and lower arms of theyoke Ev5 on a guide pin E6 whichI guide pin travels inl theguide block `E7 on the upper flange of the beamsv D. This guide block E7'is cut i away above andv below so as to permit the shank E6 to rock in a vertical plane when ymovement about the pivot pin D takes place but the walls of thisblock are'parallel with the vertical walls of the shank E so asl to p-revent rotation in af horizontal plane. The vertical pivot pins E12 are on the -same center as the pivot pin D2 so that this ar rangement permits movement between the members C and D about'both a vertical and a horizontal plane.

F is a wheeled trolley adapted to run along the lower flange of the beamrv C or beam D. Reference to Figure 8 will show that the end of these beams are curved andl articulated so that Vthis trolley may ytravel from one to the other independent of angular displacement and may therefore run along ytheentire. length of thetrack of the train.

Depending from this trolley is a chain block F1 which mayk raise material' to bey carried i along with the trolley.

F2, F2 are track rails which as shown-are deposited on the cross stringers F2 on the car "platform and FJ, F4 are railroad ties resting on these rails.) As here shown my apparatus is arranged for and shown in connection with a track laying assembly.

out beyond the car so that thevt-rolley can run along, `pick up rails, carry them back and deposit them` on one of. the cars of the train as shown. Later if desired, itl can pick up the ties upon which the tracks were resting and deposit them on the'rails, their the train may proceed somewhere else where.

track `is to be ielaid. :The tracks will be pickedup,runlforwardv along the' train,Y dropped on the ground and the railshwlill then be pickedup and-dropped into position on the ties. My apparatus may be used for other purposes ywhere it is desired to load a' long` train with heavy loads from the end of the tra-iii without the use'of additional conveying machinery or apparatuses.

The arrangement of the device is suchthat cach length of I-beam or track carried by a f car is free to move V1both `laterally and longitudinally' along the car. The adjacent lengths are connected by a short section vwhich bridges the gap between the two cars.

Because of the flexible support giving move-' menty in two directions and -because of the articulation giving angular movement both about vertical and horizontal axes, the trackI is able to conform to the tr-ain itself. Tf the i train is extendedythe track willpull outwith the pull on the train from one end;-k witli the. train pulled out toits-maximum f length', the' track will still remain as a unit kmoving transversely across the train to conform to the curvature of the track, if any.

'It the train is shortened by compression, the

track still remains as a unit and any change pendent of` the There will be on the front car any suitable means not-*shown extending inlength not taken care of by. the longitudinal inovementof the track as a body, will be taken care of by angular displacement of the connecting pieces as shown `in Figure l and whatever Vthat angular displacement is, the trolley will still be free to move along the track from end to end. Thus the train can be handled as a unit `and goods can be handled along the `train at all times independent of train or position. r

Itwill ybe evident that while I have shown in my drawings an operative device, still many changes'might belmade inthe size,

I shape and'arrangement of parts withoutl departing materially fromthe ,spirit of my invention. I wish,therefore,\that my showing be taken as in a sense diagrammatic. I claim:

l. A material handling apparatus comprising a plurality of railroad cars coupled in train, a: flexible track suspended above the cars freetomove laterally and longitudi# nally with respect to each car and extending throughout the length of the train anda trolley free to travel along the track indeto the train. y n .4 l

2. A material handling apparatus coinprising a plurality of railroad cars coupled in train, a. flexible track suspended abo-ve the car lotherwise free to move laterally and longitudinally with respect to each car and extending throughout the lengt-h of the train and a trolley free to travel along the track independe-ntof the position thereofr with respect to the train, the track comprising a pluralityof relatively stiff members,y one suspended on each car and flexible connections between thermembers `on adjacent cars.

8. A material handling apparatus comprising a plurality of railroad kcars coupled with respect to such element about horizontal and vertical axes. f n

4c. A material handling apparatus comprising arailroad car, a supporting frame mounted thereon and a track element carried by the frame to move laterally-and longitudinally `with respect to the car. f

5.`A material .handling apparatus comprising a-railroad car, a supporting frame mounted thereon and a track element carried by theframe to move laterally and lonpositionthereot with respect l OO supporting means including rollers carried by the :trame and engaging and supporting the track, the track being free to move longitudinally With respect to said rollers.

i 7. A material handling apparatus comprising a railroad car, a supporting frame mounted thereon and a track element carried by the frame to move laterally and longitudinally with respect to the car, the track supporting means comprising transverse cables carried by the frame, pulleys mounted for movement therealong, rollers suspended :from the pulleys and engaging and supporting the track, the track being free to travel longitudinally with respect to said rollers.

S. A material handling apparatus comprising a railroad car, a supporting frame mounted thereon and a track element carried by the iframe to move laterally and l'ongitudinally with respect to the car, the track supporting means including rollers carried by the frame and engaging and supporting the track, the track being free to move longitudinally with respect to said rollers, short track sections connected to the main track elements and adapted to engage the rollers so as to leave the main track element unobstructed.

9. A material handling apparatus comprising a railroad car, a supporting Jframe mounted thereon anda track element carried by the 'frame to` move laterally and longitudinally with respect to the car, the track supljaorting means comprising transverse cables carried yby the frame, pulleys mounted for movement therealong, rollers susrollers, short track sections connected to the main track elements and adapted to engage the rollers so as vto leave the main track element unobstructed.

10. A material handling apparatus comprising a railroad car, ya supporting frame mounted thereon and a track element carried by the frame to move laterally and longitudinally With respect to the car, the track supporting means including rollers carried by the frame and engaging and supporting the track, the track `being free to move longitudinally With respect y to` said rollers, short track sections connected to the main track elements and adapted to engage the rollers so as to leave the main track element unobstructed, means at the ends of the short track sections to limit the travel of the rollers. e l

l1. A material handling apparatus comprising a railroad car, a supporting. frame mounted thereon and a track element carried by the frame to move laterally and longitudinally with `respect to the car, the track supporting means comprising transverse cables carried by the iframe, pulleys mounted lfor movement therealong, rollers sus pended from the pulleys and engaging and supporting the track, the ytrack being tree to travel longitudinally With respect to said rollers, short track sections connected to the main track elements and adapted to en gage the rollers so as to leave the main track element unobstructed, means'at the ends of the short track sections to limit the travel of the rollers. y

l2. A material handling apparatus comprising a railroad car, a supporting frame mounted thereon and a track element carried by the frame to move laterally and longitudinally With respectto the car, the track supporting means including a plurality of transverse track members suspended by the frame, pulleys adapted to travel along said track members and a supporting connection between each pulley and the track.

Signed at Park Falls, county of Price and State of Wisconsin, this 8th day of April 1924.l

WALTER B. CLUBINE. 

